Four UMBC Lacrosse Players Among Nominees for America East Fans’ Choice Player of the Year

CAMBIRDGE, Mass.—Voting for the inaugural America East
Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse Fans’ Choice Player of
the Year has opened at AmericaEast.com, and four Retrievers are
among the 12 men’s lacrosse and 14 women’s lacrosse
finalists. Senior goalie Jeremy
Blevins (Cockeysville,Md./Calvert Hall) and senior
midfielder Peet Poillon (Cranberry
Township, Pa./Seneca Valley/Ohio State) represent UMBC on
the men’s
ballot, while senior midfielder Kara Dorr (Bel Air,
Md./C. Milton Wright) and junior goalie Kate
Quick (Phoenix, Md./Maryvale Prep) are on the women’s
ballot.

Blevins was named a nominee for the prestigious Tewaaraton
Trophy, given to the top player in the nation. The America East
First-Team All-Conference goaltender last season is a prime reason
why the Retrievers are 9-2 overall and ranked sixth in the nation.
The senior leads the league and ranks eighth in the nation with a
7.51 goals-against average and is 16th with a .574 save percentage.
A four-year starter, Blevins owns a career record of 41-17 (.707)
in the UMBC cage. The team co-captain leads all active goalies in
the nation in wins and is now fourth on UMBC’s all-time saves
list with 585.

Poillon leads the Retrievers with 38 points on 21 goals and 17
assists this season. An Inside Lacrosse Second-Team
Preseason All-American, he earned his second America East Player of
the Week honors of the season on Monday after matching his career
high with four goals in UMBC’s 15-7 victory over league rival
Albany in Saturday’s battle for first place in the
conference. Poillon ranks third in the America East and 17th in the
nation with 3.36 points per game, and he is fourth in the league
and 21st in the NCAA with 1.45 assists per contest.

Dorr leads the Retrievers with 35 goals, 44 points and 34 draw
controls on the season – all career highs – and she
ranks second in caused turnovers (18) and third in ground balls
(24) and assists (9). A four-year starter, she needs just five more
goals to become the 16th Retriever ever to score 100 in her career.
Dorr ranks fifth in the America East in goals per game (2.50) and
seventh in points per game (3.14), and she has nine multi-goal
games on the season.

Quick ranks second in the America East and 18th in the nation in
save percentage (.492), and she is third in the league and 26th in
the NCAA in goals-against average (10.02). The two-time America
East Defender of the Week also ranks fourth in the conference with
8.60 saves per game, and she has posted double-digit saves four
times in 2009.

Voting for the America East Men’s and Women’s
Lacrosse Fans’ Choice Player of the Year runs through
Wednesday, April 22, at 5 p.m. The winners will be announced at
AmericaEast.com on Friday, April 24. Only one vote per person and
per valid email address will be accepted.